As this is a "hands-on" course, the emphasis is very much on practical training, and our students see the various techniques and methods demonstrated with volunteer class members. Students then work in pairs or small groups to practise and experience those techniques. Different aspects of the therapy itself are further demonstrated with volunteer clients from outside the course. This enables our students to see how the techniques work in practice. We are the only course to teach "HypnoHealing" - a specialised technique which deals with healing physical problems, devised by our founder in the 1960's. The course is over eight weekends at three-weekly intervals. This allows time for the students to assimilate the course material and to practise the techniques. The majority of the learning takes place in the classroom itself. However, certain assignments are set for students to do at home in order to reinforce particular aspects of the course, and these form part of the overall assessment.